Cap



1,.P. COOK.

CAP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

ZNVENTDR- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PATRICK COOK, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GAP.

Application filed July 21,

To all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. COOK, of the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth caps of the type provided tWltl'l a full top and a peak secured to a circular band usually of the same material as the top. Such caps are usually made in fixed, sizes, which necessitates a dealercarrying a large stock to cover all the sizes in demand. There is an opening therefore for a cap which is adjustable to several different sizes. For such a cap to be commercially successful it is necessary that it should be substantially indistinguishable from an ordinary cap whether contracted or expanded to its limit, and it must be possible to make it at a cost for material and labor little, if any, in excess of that of an ordinary cap of the same style and quality, and the object of my invention is to devise such a cap.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the top of the cap as it appears before the band and peak or vizor are connected thereto;

Fig. 2 a front elevation of the completed cap with the adjustable band connected;

Fig. 3 a side elevation of the completed cap with the adjustable band disconnected and turned back; and I 4 Fig. 4. a vertical section of the cap taken in a plane extending from back to front.

Fig. 5 is a detail showing the construction of the band and the method of attaching it to the cap.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The top of the cap is formed of a plurality of sections 1 connected on lines radiating from the center of the top as is common in caps of this style. In my constructiom'however, as shown particularly in Fig. 1, the material forming the front part of the top from a similar point at each side of the cap extends down farther than the material forming the rear portion of the top a distance approximately equal to the width of the band or strap 2. This band 2'is suitably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921. 1919. Serial No. 312,351. I

connected with the lower edges of the rear section of the top in any ordinary manner, but is entirely free forwardly of the points aforesaid. This band is of such a Width that its lower edge, when the band is drawn Owing to the downward extension of the front portion of the top and owing to the fact that the band 2 is connected only to the lower edges of the rear sections of the top, an upwardly extending division 4 is formed between the band and front of'the cap at each side "just behind the peak or vizor, this division occurring at each side of the seam connecting two adjoining sections of the top. This arrangement simplifies and cheapens the construction. These divisions also preferably extendnp some what above the upper edge of the band 2, so as to increase the range of adjustment of the cap, and this extension can be readily made sufficiently great to provide all the adjustment requisite without the division being noticeable when the cap is in use so that the appearance of the cap in no way differs from that of ordinary caps of-the same style.

The band 2, it will be noticed particularly on reference to Fig. 5, is formed of a piece of suitable material of double the width at the front part as at the back. The front part is folded, interlined with stiffening, and sewn to form the free part of the band with both sides of the same material. The narrow part forms the back of the band, whichis stiffened with an interlining and covered inside by the cap lining.

The lining 5 of the cap is as usual made in several pieces. In my cap Iso arrange the lining that the vertical scams 6 between the parts of the lining occur at the divisions 4, which also saves labor and 'conse quently expense in the construction of the cap. The method of cuttingthe cap so that j sults in a saving of labor and material, so

that the cap may be constructed with little, if any, more material than any ordinary cap for the'same style and without material increase in the cdst for labor What I claim as my invention is 1. A cap comprising a band divided at the front a top the front part of the top from a similar-point at each side extending down. further than the rear portion a distance approximately equal to the width of the band, a peak secured to the lower edge of the front part of the top, the band being secured to the outer surface of the back part of the top and having free ends adapted to overlie the front part of the top next to the peak, one of the free ends formed with openingsand the other end being provided with a hook for adjustably securing the band ends together.

2. A cap comprising a band divided at the front; a top, the front part of thetop from a similar point-gat each side extending 1 ,eomaae forth in claim 1 in which the top is made in radial sections, the jogs in the downward extension of the lower edge of the top occurring at the seams between sections, a division being formed at these seams at each side extending a short distance above the lower edge of the back part of the cap.

4-. A cap constructed substantially as set forth in claim 1 provided with a sectional lining, seams between sections of the lining occurring at the jogs in the lower edge of the top said lining extending down to the loweredge of the front part of the top and down to the lower edge of the fixed part of the band,

5. An adjustable cap comprising a top having the rim of its front portion lying below the rim of its rear portion; a peak attached to the rim of its forward portion; a band associated with the rim of the rear portion of the cap and provided with free ends, said free ends being adapted to extend around the front of the cap adjacent the peak; and means for adjustably connecting the ends together to permit the size of the cap to be altered Signed at London this 3rd day of July. 1919.

JOHN PATRICK COUK.

Witnesses:

U. A, BUGHNER, T. K. Hansen. 

